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" My albums really are like scrapbooks to me. "

Kris Kristofferson

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" Look at me! I can go from 'Donny and Marie' to Sam Peckinpah to Radio City Music Hall in one week. "

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" The great thing about Nashville back in the day was that the old guys hung out where the young guys were. The established writers like Harlan Howard and Jack Clement gave us encouragement and passed the guitar, you know? Chet Atkins let me sit in on his sessions. Everybody was good to us, and everybody loved the music. "

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" As far as fame, the everlasting fame thing. I used to think that was important for a writer... the desire to make your mark. "

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" The most valuable thing to me seems to be time, and with time, I can be great. I have been... and I will be. "

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" I think I'm a much better father as an older man than I was with my first kids. Occasionally, I have to yell at the little guys, but they don't take me seriously. 'Listen to the old guy,' they say. 'Isn't he great? He's mad.' "

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" Johnny Cash has always been larger than life. "

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" Every time I turn on the radio, I must be on the wrong song or something. But, to be honest, since I went on the road back in 1970, I didn't listen to radio music because I didn't want to subconsciously steal somebody's stuff. "

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" I boxed in Golden Gloves at Oxford and still know how to throw a straight left jab. "

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" I can interpret my own work honestly. And performing by myself seems to focus the attention in the right places. "

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" By not having to live up to people's expectations, I was somehow free. "

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